Stories tagged “love”

Tick. Tick clack tick. Tick clack scratch scratch tick tick clack scratch clack clack!
“MOOSE!” I yell at the top of my lungs. The American shorthair scurries away from his new toy at the sound. I scowl at him and kneel down to save the tat...

Six, six fleas-no! Make it seven now! I just picked off and killed seven fleas from my own human body. All thanks to that damned cat. I scratch at the numerous flea bites on my body and card my hands through my hair nervously.
Scratch tick tick clack s...

You promise, you’ll never leave?
I don’t know anymore. If it’s my time, it’s my time.
Don’t talk like that, you’re gunna get through this.
If I leave, don’t keep my stuff too long. I don’t want all the pr...

“This was one of the best behaved cats I’ve ever groomed!” The clerk exclaimed happily as he handed Moose over to me, all cleaned and wearing a brand new collar with green, bell shaped tags.
“Oh?”
“He’s such a...

We had a love that would last a lifetime. I met Keith while he was a grad student and I was a junior. He was smart, funny, and had brown eyes that made me melt. We talked about marriage and kids. I wanted three and he kept on saying. “yeah, one o...

There are nights I wake
Only to sob,
There are nights I wake
Screaming your name.
It is your face that
Haunts my dreams,
Your sweet smile,
The sounds of your voice,
The smell of your hair.
It is your name that still
Lies carved in my chest,
Hidden bene...

I’ve played so many rounds
in this game called love,
by now my heart
is a skipping record
with unwanted scratches and scars
from being played
over and
over again.
The needle digs in
a little deeper each time
scratching out
the simple minuet
of my rus...

“You’re not unloveable, Catherine,” Liam chided gently, holding his friend’s teary eyed face between his large, calloused hands. He smiled at her softly as he said this, allowing his fingertips to brush against her flawless alab...

When I met you, you were the most beautiful and innocent angel I had ever seen. I absolutely had to have you. So pure, so… corruptible.
I broke you down. I didn’t want my angel flying away. I charred off your precious wings, pulled you down...

She is sitting at the bar waiting when he strides through the door, and in an instant, everything that makes her her is gone, consumed.
He is her heroin, blazing in the dim room like a lighter held under a spoon. And he knows it.
It has been this way s...

She is sitting at the bar waiting when he strides through the door, and in an instant, everything that makes her her is gone, consumed.
He is her heroin, blazing in the dim room like a lighter held under a spoon. And he knows it.
It has been this way s...

The year 1024 simmered with heartbreak and hope. Indeed, before it was over, a hungry man would be eternally full, an Empress would lose weight and a Dynasty would achieve great monetary change.
In the dark hours of that morning, Fu Ming woke hungry. H...

“Oh fuck! Emily” I moaned breathlessly against her mouth.
“Sophia!” She cried and shuddered against me with the force of her climax. I held her close and let go, letting waves of ecstasy wash over me and carry me away. We collap...

I cried that night, in long, bawling sobs; tears streaming down my face and soaking deep into my pillow. I cried myself to sleep, til each gasping breath scratched deep in my throat, and no more of the pain could flow from my eyes.
In the morning, I wo...

Used to be
Living just a boring day
Everything blended
In the haze of it all
Things came and passed
I kept wishing for more
Something more
It was long over do
Then you came
Like a whirlwind
And suddenly
I’m falling in love
I’m treading
Unch...

“Why do you have to do that? You know how my parents are!” Emily was furious with me.
“Yeah, they’re overly conservative, uninformed, biggots!” I cried angrily.
“They were raised that way!”
“I don’t...

It was uncomfortable to sleep on a couch after having shared a warm bed with Emily for over a year. It didn’t feel right without her body snuggled next to mine, or her breath on my neck and her leg nestled betwixt my own. My conscience weighed on...

The hardwood floor creaked under my weight and she sat up in bed with a gasp. Through the dark I could feel her eyes on me, hurt and disappointed.
“I…” I didn’t know what to say. ’I’m sorry’ sounded so lame.
...

You know what T-shirt I like best
My favorite color too
And when I cry silently
You know exactly what to do
You know when it’s my birthday
The right amount of fuss to make
You feel so happy for me
Every triumphal step I take
When I’m being ...

She’s got what I like to call ‘Lady Guinevere’ hair. It’s beautifully long and streaked with gold. She flatly refuses that it looks blonde. No one can ever tell what color her eyes are, since there are so many hues jam-packed in...

She looked around the cluttered room, and down at my sorry state. I held my breath.
“This is not…an optimal result”, she said after the longest pause.
Books and sketchpads littered the tiny one bed, one bath, pet-free, no smoking apar...

I had practiced for several hours before it was supposed to start. Staring at the photo of my daughter, I recited the small talk that would occur. Hello. How was your trip? Hope the place was easy to find. But I knew as soon as she walked through the d...

He held my hands and kissed the top of my head. I stepped down off the porch, he followed. We laid in the grass; the air was cool against my skin. A gust of wind flew in.
The wind rippled the tall brown grasses and whooshed across the plain, echoing in...